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  • Which one of these majors is not like the others?

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    The Star Tribune interviewed a bunch of Gustie seniors. Who was the only one with a job lined up? Computer Science major Tom Wick. Of course, you have to take anecdotal evidence with a grain of salt. But broader evidence suggests some points consonant with Tom’s experience. Computer science majors are subject to booms and…

  • MCS Alum’s Engagement Makes the News

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    Congratulations and best wishes to Javen and Obadiah.

  • Newest Addition to the MCS Dept.

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     Well, OK, he is as much an addition to the Chemistry Department as to MCS.  Allan Richard Nienow was born December 23, 2007, at 2:37pm, weighing 6 lb. 13 oz. and measuring 21.5 inches.   Mother and baby are reported to be doing well.  Congratulations to Amanda and Aaron!

  • MCS Folks Take Part in Community Coven

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    Our photographer couldn’t help notice that all species of folk associated with the Mathematics and Computer Science Department contributed to the St. Peter community’s Harry Potter party: faculty, students, and alumni. Department Chair Carolyn Dobler was once again transfigured into her alter-ego, Professor Vector. She is shown tutoring some young witches in the ancient science…

  • Rosoff Wins Swenson/Bunn Teaching Award

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    The Gustavus Student Senate presented Professor of Mathematics Jeffrey Rosoff with the 2007 Swenson and Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. This award, the only teaching award at Gustavus that is selected and presented exclusively by the student body, memorializes two Gustavus students killed in an automobile accident. Professor Rosoff was cited by the Student…

  • Hvidsten Recognized for Meritorious Service

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    Prof. Holte reports: At this past weekend’s NCS-MAA [North Central Section of the Mathematical Association of America] meeting at the College of St. Catherine, our own Mike Hvidsten was honored with the North Central Section’s Meritorious Achievement Award. He certainly deserves it. To mention just a few his services, I know that he has served…

  • Zupan Receives NSF Honorable Mention

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    Senior math major Alex Zupan added one more recognition to his growing collection with an Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. (Alex already had awards from the NCAA, USA Today, and the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship program.) He will be entering graduate school in mathematics at the University of…

  • Dobler Named to National Statistics Committee

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    Gustavus Professor Carolyn Dobler has been named to a national committee addressing undergrduate instruction in statistics. Peter Lachenbruch, the president-elect of the American Statistical Association (ASA), announced this week that Dobler would serve as one of the ASA’s members of the ASA/MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Satistics. Dobler will serve a three-year term lasting from…

  • Zupan Wins NCAA Scholarship

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    Math major Alex Zupan was one of two Gustavus students named NCAA Post-Graduate Scholars (and one of only 58 nationwide).

  • Nienow Hired as Instructor, Tech Coordinator

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    Gustavus’s Department of Matheamtics and Computer Science is pleased to have hired Aaron Nienow as Instructor of Statistics and Departmental Technology Coordinator. Nienow started work in January, having received an initial one-semester contract through an expedited hiring process necessitated by a resignation. Now the department has completed a national search, resulting in the extension of…